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1 STEAL
• He that steals an egg will steal a chicken (an ox) - Кто может украсть теленка, украдет и корову (K)• He that will steal an egg, will steal an ox (a pound) - Кто может украсть теленка, украдет и корову (K)• He that will steal an ounce will steal a pound - Кто может украсть теленка, украдет и корову (K)• He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing - Кто может украсть теленка, украдет и корову (K)• He who steals will always fail - Сколько веревочке ни виться, а конец будет (C), Худо нажитое впрок не идет (X)• Nothing is stolen without hands - Где кража, там и вор (Г)• Stolen apples are sweetest - Запретный плод сладок (3)• Stolen cherries are the sweeter - Запретный плод сладок (3)• Stolen fruit is always sweeter (is sweet) - Запретный плод сладок (3), На запретный товар весь базар (H)• Stolen kisses are sweet (sweetest, the best) - Запретный плод сладок (3)• Stolen pleasures are sweetest - Запретный плод сладок (3)• Stolen sweets are /always/ sweeter - Запретный плод сладок (3)• Stolen waters are sweet - Запретный плод сладок (3) -
2 Кто может украсть теленка, украдет и корову
Once a person commits a little theft, he may well become a real thiefVar.: Кто украдёт яйцо, тот украдёт и лошадь. Кто украл яйцо, украдёт и курицуCf: Не that steals an egg will steal a chicken (an ox) (Am.). Не that will steal an egg, will steal an ox (Br.). Не that will steal an ounce will steal a pound (Am.). Не that will steal a pin will steal a better thing (Am.). Не that will steal a pin will steal a pound (Br.). Little rogues easily become great ones (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Кто может украсть теленка, украдет и корову
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3 коготок увяз - всей птичке пропасть
Set phrase: a castle that parleys is half gotten, a city that parleys is half gotten, a woman that parleys is half gotten, but one claw snagged, the bird is bagged, he that will steal a pin will steal a better thing (one reprehensible step leads to many more with no way of getting out of it at all), if one claw is caught, the bird is lost, one link broken, the whole chain is brokenУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > коготок увяз - всей птичке пропасть
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4 коготок увяз-всей птичке пропасть
1) Set phrase: one link broken, the whole chain is broken (дословно: Одно звено сломано-вся цепь порвана)2) Makarov: he that will steal a pin will steal a better thing (one reprehensible step leads to many more with no way of getting out of it at all)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > коготок увяз-всей птичке пропасть
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